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Ugandan Scientist Develop 5 minute Ebola Test Kit

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Dr Misaki Wayengera developed a rapid diagnostic test but lack of funding and government support threatened to derail the project. Ugandan scientist, Dr Misaki Wayengera has developed a rapid diagnostic test that can detect Ebola proteins in less than five minutes at the point of care in the community, a giant step in African medical innovation and in the fight against Ebola. However, the process of developing the test kit has been marred by funding challenges and bureaucratic setbacks which threatened to derail the project. According to New Times, Dr Wayengera did not receive financial support from the government although at the time, “the president’s office acknowledged the importance of his research for biodefence and pledged full support”. Through Dr Wayengera’s efforts, his research team at Makerere University College of Health Sciences eventually secured funding from Grand Challenges Canada, a non-profit initiative funded by the Canadian government. The team initially recei

Tsietsi and the Young Communist League in South Africa

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Tsietsi Emancipator Letsebe. born in rural municipality of Tswaing,in a village called Rakgwedi(South Africa) in December 16 year of 1991. Tsietsi is Studying Policy Studies,at University of South Africa. Tsietsi mother was a Freedom Fighter,she used to subscribe and abide to Black Panther and Communist Ideologies,and time and again she would teach Tsietsi on how the world has turned bad. Tsietsi said " She taught me that the Consciousness of Mankind is filled with destruction and that it is a few who can free the people from this". According to Tsietsi mother, all people deserved Freedom,Harmony,love and Honour of their being. Tsietsi says he was born Revolutionary,and today He just implement what her mother taught him. Today Tsietsi mother works as a domestic worker but she still the great Revolutionary who funds Tsietsi Revolutionary Movement. The Movement Does the following activities: -1).We advocate for Equality,Justice and Freedom of all people. 2).We Advocat

Naija Film Director Alfred Femi On Malicious & The Johnson's

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Alfred Femi born 1988 in Ibadan Nigeria is a graduate of the University of Ibadan with Degree in threater arts. Femi loves arts and entertainment, especially when it has to do with story telling. Femi has worked with Amaka Igwe, Joke Silver and many more. When marriage couples decent on heated arguments and decide ignore each other, what will be the consequences. A film written and directed by femi. Cinematography by Lucas, production manager dalvin. My directing teacher suggested a few topics for film and i choose to write on tragedy on happy marriage. A mix of my imagination and other stories i have seen. I expect the audience to end the stories in their minds... About the cast, Mr Alfred Femi said " simbi and kunle are matured. I used my physic in casting and i know my choice of cast are the best. Simbi is married and faces the same problem with her husband, so when i met her and learn about her marital problem and her passion in acting, i told my self is a done deal&q

Navro Clothline Hits The Ghanaian Market

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A Ghanaian smock is a plaid shirt that is similar to the dashiki, worn by men in Ghana. The smock is also called a fugu or a batakari. The smock originated in the northern region of Ghana In the northern part of Ghana smock represent Royalty and Honor. So every northern is expected to have a smock. Smock represent the north in Ghana. We show appreciation to our guest by giving them smock to show Honor and Royalty. Abi Christian born 11th June 1989 Navrongo Upper East region. Attended Bishops JSS, Navrongo secondary school, and finally school at UDS-Tamale with BSc Community Nutrition. Abi Christian is passionate about arts and culture, he has been on Radio Stations and a active member in entertainment events planning in the northern region. Abi Christian now runs a locally made fashion brand called Navro Clothline GH. Located in Tamale. They design all kinds of smocks for all ages. With the Ladies Smock Dress going viral on the market.

GhoneTv Classic Video Editor Elijah Okine

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Elijah Okine was born on 2nd May 1990, at Dansoman but he comes from James Town. Started his basic education at Ewit Greenwich Classical Academy, Attended Breman Asikuma Senior High at the Central Region, with the Tetiary Level, Elijah attended Accra Polytechnic did Diploma in Business studies there. His long time interest in film and television got him schooling at Accra Film School. Elijah said. " The reason why I decided to study film and television was that when I was as young as 15yrs I could easily recorgnise the mistakes we do in our movies, when It comes to special effects, Editing, make up and much more, so I decided to enrol in a film school to know much about the profession and to correct the mistakes weve been doing in our industry, even at that age I was able to use windows movie maker to make short films". Elijah is a video editor at GHOne Tv, and He edits 6 programmes, namely, Daily Entertainment Buzz, The Pundits, E-Talk, , Glitterati, Lets Go Shopping

Bigwigs Youngest Photographer Lucas Henry

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Lucas Henry born in Eastern Region, had his basic education at Eastern Region, attended Keta senior high school. " I choose to do photography because i see photography as an art and the world was formed through the sense of art by the most high God " Lucas currently works with bigwigs company limited as a photographer and editior, with klasstv as a photographer and cinematographer. Lucas also worked with trailertv as a cinematographer,. Trailer TV is a television entertainment program showing on GhoneTv. Lucas studied camera at a film school situated at accra known as Accra film School Lucas has worked with many models, but professionally working with few upcoming models Lucas has taken pictures of many Ghanaian celebrities including Yvonne nelson, Adjetey Annan, Becca, Toosweet, Elikem Kumordzi, Pokelo, Ini Edo, Ama K. Abebrese, Kalybos, Kofi Asamoah, Prince david osei, When Rafiu Fishbone asked what inspires him, Lucas answered " the trust is the beautity of

An Eye For Perfect Motion Picture. Setonji is the Man

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Avoseh Setonji Born January 22nd in lagos Schools attended are RITLAD nursery and primary school Africa model college ifako ijaiye. Africa church model college ifako ijaiye. Setonji has a Diploma in data processing at OLABISI Onabanjo University. BSc in computer science. Certificate of training in CCNA,new horizon Ikeja ,lagos. Setonji came to Accra film school in Ghana. He has been the camera man for Trailer TV for almost a year. Setonji is also a actor and dancer. In the university Setonji was into entertainment fully. He anchor events and dinners. He has also Directed stage plays and acted in different stage plays as well. Setonji was so much into entertainment that some friends, mates and observers didn't know He was a science student. Setonji said " But all I knew was that I enjoyed what I do. And there is a slogan I work with wish is MAKE YOUR PASSION YOUR PROFESSION". Rafiu Fishbone asked Setonji why he choose cinematography, Avoseh Setonji replied " Be

Rafiu Fishbone Joins Wateraid Ghana on Global Handwashing Day

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This year’s theme for Global Handwashing Day is “Raise a hand for hygiene”. This theme is action-oriented and can be used particularly well for advocacy purposes. For instance, the act of raising a hand is one of affiliation. You can and should identify yourself as a hygiene champion. This can help create a strong social norm of good hygiene in a school, community, or region. Likewise, when people raise a hand, they can also be counted. In terms of handwashing, this is a reminder that it is possible for governments to count how many people wash their hands and have access to hygiene facilities in homes, schools, and healthcare facilities. Governments must measure hygiene indicators to know where resources should be concentrated. Global Handwashing Day is a good opportunity to ask governments to fulfill this important role. We can also raise a hand to draw attention to the need for change, from parents’ associations raising a hand to ask for a better school hygiene policy to ce

Leadership By Example, Clean To Live Campaign In Tamale

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A group of young hard working youth in the tamale metropolis organised a #Cleantolive campaign. Shamsia Baba Dua a student at the Nalerigu Nursing Training college came up with the idea and informed Some close friends to help with the awareness creation. Currently the volunteers involve a lot of dedicated Nursing Training students, Nurses, Teachers, Radio personalities in the Tamale metropolis, students from various tertiary institutions and many more. A WHO study in 2012 calculated that for every $1 invested in sanitation, there was a return of $5.50 in lower health costs, more productivity and fewer premature deaths. Nearly one third of the current global population has gained access to an improved sanitation facility since 1990, a total of 2.1 billion people. 2.4 billion people still do not have basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines. Of these, 946 million still defecate in the open, for example in street gutters, behind bushes or into open bodies of water. P

Tengue Edem, A Documentary Film Maker

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He is a 29 years old film editor, a graduate of NAFTI. Attended Bishop Herman College in Kpando where he his SSSCE certificate in 2005. he is currently a teaching assistant at NAFTI at the Film Techniques department. So I asked Edem why he choose film... ''I chose film as a carrier because of my passion for documentary films. I like documentaries a lot bcoz they try to depict reality.'' He has worked at Coastal TV, a community Television in Cape Coast as a TV editor. also he worked for Adinkra Studios where I edited short TV documentaries that were broadcast on Cine Afrik, Multi TV channel. He has also worked with Take Two Films on the Printex TV reality show. he also worked part time for Picture Plant media. Participated in the Documentary & Diversity student exchange program in South Africa and Finland for a period of two and half months in each country. In South Africa he edited a documentary entitled ” Barcelona Here We Stand” which won best document